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this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2024
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Depends if I know them. There's been a permanent camp around the corner from my house the last five years. My wife and I know a lot of the long-term residents and have helped them do laundry, charge phones, and file taxes. But a stranger? I'd direct them towards other local resources.
File taxes? I admit I'm fairly ignorant of the plights of and unhoused person ... And any complex tax situation, TBH ... but it seems like most of them would be under the income threshold that would require filing of taxes.
Homeless does not necessarily mean jobless. You still have to file taxes if you want a tax return. It's a lot cheaper to live out of a car and have a PO box than it is to get an apartment.
Fair enough, I hadn't considered homelessness by choice.
I know homeless people can and sometimes do have jobs, but assumed their income would be insufficient to require interacting with the IRS. Thank you for expanding my perception.